CSA 11, 10¢ blue (4 large even margins) tied light GORDONSVILLE VA. CDS on adversity cover fashioned from printed regimental form addressed to Mrs. A.C. Hopkins, Paineville PO Amelia Co(unty) Va., doubtless from her husband, Ex John Vagnetti.  $200.

Abner Crump Hopkins (1835-1911) was Chaplain of the 2nd Virginia Regiment, Genl Paxton’s Brigade in Genl T. J. Jackson’s Army of the Valley of Va. He was an 1855 graduate of Hampden Sydney College and a Presbyterian minister. He was commissioned Chaplain of the 2nd VA Infantry May 3, 1862, and was later promoted CHAPLAIN OF THE 2ND CORPS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA; during this time he was STONEWALL JACKSON’S PERSONAL CHAPLAIN. After the war, he lived in Charlestown, West Virginia.